People v. Downs

Illinois Official Reports Appellate Court People v. Downs,

2014 IL App (2d) 121156

Appellate Court THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Caption MARK A. DOWNS, Defendant-Appellant. District & No. Second District Docket No. 2-12-1156 Filed May 30, 2014 Held Defendant’s conviction and sentence for first-degree murder were (Note: This syllabus vacated and the cause was remanded for a new trial where the trial constitutes no part of the court committed plain error by responding to the jury’s question as to opinion of the court but the definition of “reasonable doubt” by…